The Evolution of Anisogamy: More Questions than Answers

Biological Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-9

  Blute, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

By product reciprocity; Evolution of anisogamy; Life histories; Mating types; Sex allocation; Sexual selection; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905370453     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13752-012-0060-4     Document Type: Article

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